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Crowded House review – raucous spun-sugar pop perfection

With his sons rocking solos and a bonkers cameo from Mick Fleetwood, Neil Finn’s band spreads harmonic happiness

And there is something laugh-out-loud bonkers, in the form of Mick Fleetwood taking the drum stool when Finn digs back into his past during the encores to revisit I Got You by Split Enz. As well as the two surviving founders, Finn’s sons Liam and Elroy play guitar and drums, Paul Taylor adds percussion and the brilliant Mitchell Froom – who produced their first three albums – colours everything subtly with keyboards. Finn Sr is relaxed and happy, and seeing him and his sons playing music together with such evident pleasure is a delight – for every time Liam launches into some fabulous solo, his dad is able to trump it.

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